uninhabited island

collocation in English

meaningsofuninhabitedandisland

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uninhabited
adjective
uk
/ˌʌn.ɪnˈhæb.ɪ.tɪd/us
/ˌʌn.ɪnˈhæb.ə.t̬ɪd/
An uninhabited place has no people living ...
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island
noun[C]
uk
/ˈaɪ.lənd/us
/ˈaɪ.lənd/
a piece of land completely surrounded ...
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(Definition ofuninhabitedandislandfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is a story set on a smalluninhabitedisland.
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For a small,uninhabitedislandwith a limited history, perhaps this is the only way that the existing data can be sensibly treated.
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However, the position of anuninhabitedislandis something which must be looked at.
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Shipwreck puts him on anuninhabitedisland.
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The claims of other countries are also subject to various conventions regarding the position of anuninhabitedisland.
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It is virtually anuninhabitedislandwhere these people might be accommodated if they were willing and if they were given adequate compensation.
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The village is a base for tobacco production on the virtuallyuninhabitedisland.
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They put into the river of a littleuninhabitedislandto get water and wood.
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The two eventually land on anuninhabitedisland, heavily populated with seals.
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The ship was beached on anuninhabitedislandand all on board were later rescued.
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In order to limit contamination a remote anduninhabitedislandwas required.
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The nowuninhabitedislandis formed from the volcanic plug of an extinct volcano.
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The flat, wooded, anduninhabitedislandis about a kilometer in length and breadth.
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Theuninhabitedislandhas a land area of 1.179km2 mi2 or convert.
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The next day they end up arriving on a smalluninhabitedisland.
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Then one day, his boat landed on the shores of a small,uninhabitedisland.
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The 2000 census showed that theuninhabitedislandhad a land area of 158.2 acre.
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They lived alone in theuninhabitedislandand had no equipment at all.
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A few miles from shore is anuninhabitedislandwhich provides a dramatic centrepiece to the seascape.
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He often gets in a boat and goes to anuninhabitedislandwhere he prays for mercy and forgiveness.
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Thisuninhabitedislandis nearly circular, 1.6km mi east-west by 1.4km mi north-south, with a land area of 1.68km2 sqmi.
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When they discover the crypt despoiled and hear a woman singing on the supposeduninhabitedisland, they set out to find her.
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Crusoe drifts on the ocean in an emergency life raft for several days and nights until landing on anuninhabitedisland.
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Additionally, several major cruise line corporations have each purchased anuninhabitedislandwhich they now operate as private island destinations available exclusively to their respective ships.
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